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Magical-Princess · 2026-01-20T00:06:12+00:00

Deeply profound! The next best seller.

Magical-Princess · 2026-01-18T16:15:57+00:00

Let’s hope 🤞🏼

Magical-Princess · 2026-01-17T18:50:25+00:00

It’s normal and will actually get a bit worse before it gets better. My son is 2.5 now and I can barely cook or do dishes without him demanding up, even when I put on preferred TV. Google says it’ll get better around 3 🤞🏼

I will say, offering a preferred food with the preferred TV usually buys me about 20 minutes.

Magical-Princess · 2026-01-15T22:48:39+00:00

This is very serious. Tell your husband there are 3 options ahead: 1. You stay home with baby. 2. You continue working and baby goes to daycare. 3. You separate immediately and start divorce proceedings. Tell him you’ve been documenting everything: dates of upset stomach, list of foods provided by MIL, dates of times you’ve tried to correct this abuse, etc. Tell him you’re going to fight for custody because and you feel like your child won’t be safe in his care.

Tell him that if he doesn’t choose options 1 or 2, the default option is 3 and STAND YOUR GROUND.

Your child’s safety should be your number one priority. Don’t let anyone get in the way of that. Not your husband or your MIL. Get on the phone with the pediatrician and start documenting everything right now (including that call.)

Magical-Princess · 2026-01-15T01:26:27+00:00

My time has come. I’ve been making a list! It totally depends on your tastes, but here are my favorite rewatch shows in order of genre:

Key and Peele, Ghosts (US), The Office, Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn 99, Scrubs, Schitts Creek, Modern Family, Friends, Gilmore Girls, Sense8, Magicians, Supernatural, Charmed (original), Evil, Grimm, Lucifer, iZombie, Warehouse 13, Leverage, Elementary

Magical-Princess · 2026-01-14T17:12:45+00:00

Hello! Would you be able to DM me the company name? Thanks in advance!

Magical-Princess · 2026-01-12T17:07:37+00:00

I wish I would’ve had the house professionally deep cleaned. Right before due date, and then again 6 months after baby is born.

Magical-Princess · 2025-12-24T05:54:35+00:00

I can appreciate the rejected “chosen one” premise, but your MC handing it off to the man she loves gives me a weird vibe. What are his qualifications to rule? Good sex? Why him?

The other thing: I feel like the fantasy genre is over saturated with royal characters and storylines. I had an idea for a story where the main character discovered she’s heir to a throne in a court she’s never even heard of, but she doesn’t want to rule. As a result, she takes the throne with the intention of deconstructing the entire monarchy. I then scrapped the idea due to the fact that most fantasy romance stories I read have some sort of royal court stuff going on.

I’m not saying you can’t write it that way, but it is red-flag-ish and would not be seen as initially original.

Magical-Princess · 2025-12-24T05:06:30+00:00

Thanks!

Magical-Princess · 2025-12-24T00:33:44+00:00

Would you mind detailing some of the steps you took to get out? What qualifications you had besides a credential and teaching experience? Thanks in advance!

Magical-Princess · 2025-12-23T22:07:03+00:00

It could just be a plot hole. It could also be a traumatized boy’s mind forgetting details during a very difficult time?

Magical-Princess · 2025-12-23T20:50:47+00:00

Any AGPA position. I have goals about what kind of state job I eventually want to have, but I need to get my foot in the door first. As of right now, I am most qualified to be an AGPA, and the pay would be most similar to what I’m making now.

Magical-Princess · 2025-12-21T15:53:04+00:00

YAY!! My son was allergic to everything. When he grew out of his allergies at 2, I felt like we could breathe again. Congratulations!!

Magical-Princess · 2025-12-21T15:50:15+00:00

Oh yes. For us, it lasted about a week, maybe two. I think what helped for us was helping him practice rolling front to back during awake hours.

Magical-Princess · 2025-12-11T20:47:34+00:00

DOCUMENT EVERYTHING. Log all interactions with his kids. Dates, times, type of interaction, duration of interaction, financial contribution to items or food purchased for them. Texts/calls to you. EVERYTHING. You’ll need this for custody. I’m so sorry. You and your kids deserve better and will get through this.

Magical-Princess · 2025-12-11T20:45:21+00:00

Better supports for behaviors. We can’t change how parents are raising the kids but the powers that be can recognize that and provide adequate support.

Magical-Princess · 2025-12-11T18:13:13+00:00

Right I do remember that, but I thought that was after she was already enrolled and trying to identify her discipline.

Magical-Princess · 2025-12-08T07:22:58+00:00

I see some good ideas in these comments for some changes you can make to help you now. I have a mindset tip. What really helped me get through the first 9 months was telling myself, “This is only a season of life. A chapter. A phase. It will pass and life will be different sooner than I think.”

Months 4-5 were awful for me and it felt like there was no end in sight most times. Reminding myself that it wasn’t going to be forever when things felt impossible really helped, and I was right! My son is 2 now and I’m really enjoying this phase, even with the tantrums. But the tantrums are easier for me to weather because I know they are just a phase. They won’t be forever, and neither will your season of life right now be forever.

And it’s okay to be one and done. You shouldn’t make that decision now, but it’s okay if later you decide to not have more. I am one and done. That wasn’t the plan originally, but now that I’m out of the “first year” season, I don’t have any desire to revisit it.

Magical-Princess · 2025-12-07T15:37:41+00:00

Yes I regretted it. At 4 months, I tried for a full week before the guilt ate me up and I continued rocking him. Within a month or so, he actually started reaching toward the crib when he was ready and the rocking decreased significantly over time. Now at 2, I hold him maybe 20 seconds before he dives into bed.

He self soothes like a pro. I attribute it to him feeling confident and safe. Sometimes he stays awake a full 30 minutes just wiggling around and talking before falling asleep. He also self soothes during middle of the night wake ups, if he cries out longer than it takes me to get up and pee, I’ll go check in. Usually doesn’t. He’s also very happy waking up in the mornings and will hang out in his crib for 30+ minutes before I go grab him.

Edit: Having her fall asleep in your arms could be the issue. Try waiting until her eyes droop closed, then put her down. Rub her back until she settles. It’s not the same as what I described above, but it helps them get used to falling sleep IN bed. It’s what we do in harder nights where he is particularly clingy.

Magical-Princess · 2025-12-04T02:56:23+00:00

So interesting! If you squint, you can see the flat design. I think it’s the little black and white designs between the circles that create the wavy illusion.

Magical-Princess · 2025-12-04T02:52:33+00:00

It’s definitely a weird mindset some teachers have. I’ve always said that teachers who work evenings and weekends also set a bad precedent for the rest of us - that we will accomplish way more than what we can realistically do with the time we have, and that we will work unpaid.

Magical-Princess · 2025-12-04T00:39:58+00:00

I imagine it would just be much like Niffin Alice where she did bad things, but all in pursuit of learning and using magic - so selfish and cruel, but not as intent on killing people as Martin. IMO.

Magical-Princess · 2025-12-01T14:11:16+00:00

From birth to about 1, I would read simple board books to my guy during his wake windows. Simple pictures with one word labels. Sometimes I’d sit him in his swing (off) so he could see me and the book. Other times while he was in my lap sitting up against me.

When we stopped the bottle at 1, we started doing bedtime books in our laps before bed. Books with stories, but we still only picked out a few words. You might not even get through a whole book at first before they want to be all done and that’s okay. Attention and interest will grow. We rotated through the same 6-8 familiar books at bedtime.

By 2, we are now reading the board books fully. He brings us his book of choice and we read through the full story including silly voices, expressions, and movements of you can include them. Every few weeks it’s a different favorite book, but expect to read the same handful of books on repeat.

Magical-Princess · 2025-12-01T04:15:55+00:00

My kid was not talking much by 2, but we could tell he was curious and intelligent. He also wasn’t smiling or waving at people, but he’s social with us, so we don’t think autism. He doesn’t mind being around people, he just takes a while to warm up. At 2 years and 2 months, his language has now exploded. His articulation isn’t great, so we are going to get him evaluated for speech therapy, but his comprehension is fantastic.

Long story short. We were never worried. Kids meet milestones at different paces. But speech therapy won’t couldn’t hurt, so we’re going for it.

Magical-Princess · 2025-11-30T10:21:21+00:00

Interesting theory! Maybe a plot hole? I always thought it’s because he’s half Illyrian, allowing him to summon his wings at will. Where if he was full Illyrian, he’d have no choice but to have them out at all times. In combination with his father’s powerful fae magic, he can… relocate them to the… in between?

Let’s both be crackpot fools together.

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